Check out this project I just posted to our brother (sister?*) blog, ManMadeDIY:
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* That reminds me of something Ayla's been saying lately: "Daddy, I want brother who is a girl and her name is Olivia." Not sure exactly what to make of that.
:format(jpeg)/http://assets.curbly.com/photos/0000/0015/0824/1_large.png "credit: Kelly Moore [http://kellymoorephotography.com/mooreblog/?p=7424]")
Every now and then, you come across a home that just bubbles over with personality and charm, where you get a real sense of the homeowner's individuality and even their disposition. This kitchen does just that - with grand success!
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Not everything is big in Texas…especially not my 650 square foot condo that I felt needed a little excitement. Everyone knows the kitchen is the epicenter of one’s home (no matter how small), so I figured this would be the best place to create a piece of art that would inspire my cooking as well as conversation from my family and guests.
I ran across the idea of creating a backsplash using broken plates and glass. As you see, starting small...
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This month we at the Curb honor the almighty kitchen. Why the adoration? Because, besides oftentimes making or breaking a real estate transaction, they are also the heart of the home. They deserve special attention and, yes, some investment on our parts. Investment, however, doesn't have to mean expensive. Oh, no, no, no. In this jam-packed cabinet and countertop makeover roundup, the budgets are super small but the impact is super big! (Befores to the left; afters on the right where applicable.)
Our first idea comes from
It's Kitchen Month on Curbly! So Kelly, Melanie, and I will be doing a series of kitchen tours. We'll walk you through our kitchens, point out what we love and what we don't, and show how they got to be the way they are.
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This week, I wrote about how our kitchen used to suck, and how we went through a tough DIY remodel to make it better. Today's the kitchen tour! So without further ado ... pretty pictures!
It's Kitchen Month on Curbly! So Kelly, Melanie, and I will be doing a series of kitchen tours. We'll walk you through our kitchens, point out what we love and what we don't, and show how they got to be the way they are.
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After our daughter was born, we decided it was finally time to remodel our hideous kitchen. We planned to do most of it ourselves (well, "Alicia's brother's self", with some help from me). We planned on getting it done in six...
It's Kitchen Month on Curbly! So Kelly, Melanie, and I will be doing a series of kitchen tours. We'll walk you through our kitchens, point out what we love and what we don't, and show how they got to be the way they are.:format(jpeg)/http://assets.curbly.com/photos/0000/0014/8996/img_0516_large.jpg "credit: The old kitchen (it was worse than it looks, trust me)")
When we bought our house almost ten years ago, the kitchen was a Frankenstein monster. Every cabinet had been hand-crafted by the previous owner, god bless him and his malfunctioning measuring sticks. No two pieces of wood were...
:format(jpeg)/http://assets.curbly.com/photos/0000/0014/7336/1_large.png "credit: Jodi Mockabee [http://mockabeenews.blogspot.com/2011/05/before-after-kitchen.html]")
Oh my goodness. This is a makeover for the books, no doubt about it. Frankly, I'm finding it hard to believe the 'after' is even the same house!
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When you spend all day online hanging about the design and home decor blogosphere (as I do), it can get a little dream-y, and you can feel pretty removed from the vaulted ceilings and bright white walls, the huge windows and the $5000 chairs.
And then sometimes, you run across a project that's much closer to reality, more like home. Like, one from your own neighborhood, perhaps?
So, when I saw this transformation of a foreclosed property that's not two miles from my own house, I got pretty excited.
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Just how drastic can a kitchen makeover be? We found one that's sure to top your transformation expectations.
Through our sifting of tons of before and after images, we came across Eden Lang's kitchen makeover, thanks to Raenovate. And boy, are they share-worthy. How does one go from dark, dingy brown to sleek, modern white? Well, take a look:
:format(jpeg)/http://assets.curbly.com/photos/0000/0013/2808/1.png "credit: Katie Marcus [http://www.whatkatiedoes.net/2011/02/new-kitchen.html]")
From builder-grade to fabulous, this orange-veneered chipboard kitchen gets a modernized and inviting makeover!
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Edgaroso inherited his grandmother's home, and with it, all the grandmother-y decor. The kitchen hadn't been updated in years, save for some questionable hunter green paint by a cousin, so Edgaroso and his family gave the whole space a complete facelife...for under $500.
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I realize it's all about taste, but sometimes the makeovers I see leave me wondering.
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Curbly reader Katie tipped us off to her latest DIY project - a kitchen facelift. She's done a great job, and we especially like it because, unlike a lot of kitchen makeover projects we feature here on Monday, this wasn't a total gutting and revamp of an outdated, unfunctional kitchen. The cabinets, countertops, and appliances were all okay, Katie just did the finish work and brought everything together.